Author(s)

Kabe Moyème^1*, Lare Yendoubé¹, Ottaviani Laurent², Pasquinelli Marcel², Toure Moussa³

¹Solar Energy Laboratory, University of Lome, Lome, Togo.
²IM2NP, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
³Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor, Senegal.

In order to improve the efficiency of solar cells based on cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC), one heterojunction solar cell and two tandem structures were simulated under AM1.5 illumination using SCAPS software. The cells’ performances were studied according to the thickness of the silicon carbide layers. Simulation results allowed to achieve an efficiency of 22.03% with a tandem junction structure using an optimal thickness of 3C-SiC layer.

Crystalline Silicon Carbide 3C-SiC, Simulation, Tandem Solar Cells

Moyème, K. , Yendoubé, L. , Laurent, O. , Marcel, P. and Moussa, T. (2020) Simulations of Heterojunction and Tandem Solar Cells Based on 3C Silicon Carbide. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 8, 2402-2415. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2020.811177.